Sails (Chet Atkins album)
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Sails is an album by Chet Atkins
. It was released in 1987 by Columbia Records
. Sails follows in the 80's vein of Chet Atkins' releases with a smooth jazz and new age atmosphere.
Chet Atkins
Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...
. It was released in 1987 by Columbia Records
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...
. Sails follows in the 80's vein of Chet Atkins' releases with a smooth jazz and new age atmosphere.
Track listing
- "Sails" (Hall) – 4:20
- "Why Worry" (Mark KnopflerMark KnopflerMark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
) – 6:23 - "Sometime, Someplace" (David HungateDavid HungateDavid Hungate is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto...
, Randy McCormick) – 4:59 - "Up in My Treehouse" (Walker) – 3:52
- "Waltz for the Lonely" (Chet Atkins, Randy GoodrumRandy GoodrumRandy Goodrum is an American songwriter. Goodrum has written numerous popular songs, including Anne Murray's #1 hit "You Needed Me" and "Broken Hearted Me" , Michael Johnson's "Bluer Than Blue" , England Dan & John Ford Coley's "It's Sad to Belong" , Steve Perry's "Oh Sherrie" , DeBarge's "Who's...
) – 3:01 - "Laffin' at Life" (Atkins, Daryyl Dybka, David Hungate) – 5:30
- "On a Roll" (Atkins, Dybka, Paul Yandell) – 5:21
- "My Song" (Keith JarrettKeith JarrettKeith Jarrett is an American pianist and composer who performs both jazz and classical music.Jarrett started his career with Art Blakey, moving on to play with Charles Lloyd and Miles Davis. Since the early 1970s he has enjoyed a great deal of success in jazz, jazz fusion, and classical music; as...
) – 5:08 - "Love Letters" (Dybka) – 3:09
- "Wobegon (The Way It Used to Be)" (Atkins) – 3:20
Personnel
- Chet Atkins - guitar, banjo
- Darryl Dybka - keyboards
- David HungateDavid HungateDavid Hungate is a bass player noted as a member of Los Angeles pop-rock band Toto from 1977-1982. Boz Scaggs's Silk Degrees album of 1976 included Hungate and several other future members of Toto...
- bass - Earl KlughEarl KlughEarl Klugh is an American smooth jazz/crossover jazz/jazz fusion guitarist and composer.At the age of 13, Klugh was captivated by the guitar playing of Chet Atkins when Atkins made an appearance on the Perry Como Show. Klugh was a performing guest on several of Atkins' albums...
- guitar - Mark KnopflerMark KnopflerMark Freuder Knopfler, OBE is a Scottish-born British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer. He is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he co-founded in 1977...
- guitar - Mike Lawler - keyboards
- Clayton Ivey - keyboards
- Randy McCormick - keyboards
- Billy Joe Walker - guitar
- Terry McMillan - harmonica, percussion
- Paul Yandell - guitar
- Millard Green - guitar
- Larrie LondinLarrie LondinRalph Gallant, better known by his stage name Larrie Londin , was an American drummer and session musician. Londin played with a wide range of artists including Journey and Steve Perry....
- drums, percussion - Mark Hammond - percussion, drum programming
- Bob Mater - drums
- Jim HornJim HornJim Horn is an American saxophonist and woodwind player. He was born in Los Angeles, and after replacing saxophonist Steve Douglas in 1959, he toured with member Duane Eddy for five years, playing sax and flute on the road, and in the recording studio...
- horns - Mike Haynes - horns
- Baba Ram Dave - sitar
- Aristotle Onassid - bazoki
- Dave Humphries - drum programming
Production notes
- Strings arranged by Bergen White
- Horns arranged by Bergen White and Darryl Dybka
- Mixed by Dave Palmer and John Mills
- Engineered by John Mills and Tom Singers
- Mastered by Denny Purcell
- Design by Bill Johnson and Jeff Morris